fretless basses sound fucking ominous

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:27 pm

i wanna get one to use on some of my black metal stuff

Avulsed · Post by **Avulsed** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:02 pm

Atheretic sounds insane with their fretless bass work

dan · Post by **dan** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:09 pm

i dont know anyone who has gone to a guitar shop, and not picked up a fretless bass to go:

"bfwwooooooOOOOOOOOOMMM"......."BWWWWWOOOOOooooooommnmnn"

"bwwooOOOOOOOOOMMMOOOOOooooooomnmnmn"

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:52 pm

Fretless bass sounds gay in metal music.

Avulsed · Post by **Avulsed** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:06 am

BassPhemy wrote:Fretless bass sounds gay in metal music.

Exactly. Everything Steve Digiorgio has done is absolutely gay as hell.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:19 am

I'm glad someone gets what I've been saying all along.

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:07 am

dan wrote:i dont know anyone who has gone to a guitar shop, and not picked up a fretless bass to go:

"bfwwooooooOOOOOOOOOMMM"......."BWWWWWOOOOOooooooommnmnn"

"bwwooOOOOOOOOOMMMOOOOOooooooomnmnmn"

fucking exactly

you just barely touch the string and a second later it unleashes a face melting wave of grimness

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:51 am

I'll get one someday

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:50 am

dan i don't know what those sounds mean

dan · Post by **dan** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:22 am

then you have never played a fretless bass!

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:21 pm

BassPhemy wrote:I'm glad someone gets what I've been saying all along.

Gurl, you trippin.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:37 pm

I used one on a black/doom metal ditty I recorded. It sounded pretty grim.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:37 pm

It's not metal, but check out "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Firm, it's a good example of fretless integrated into a familiar song, and done quite well (oh, and it's Jimmy Page on guitar)

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:14 pm

hippy wrote:dan i don't know what those sounds mean

hard to explain. sort of a volume swell but this is more natural. barely pluck the string and it vibrates and builds up into a huge rumbling assault of grimness. but that's only one aspect of the fretless bass. the whole sound is just very different and refreshing.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:02 am

PflÃ¶yd wrote:I used one on a black/doom metal ditty I recorded. It sounded pretty grim.

mp3

dan · Post by **dan** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:47 am

Lord of This World wrote:
hippy wrote:dan i don't know what those sounds mean
hard to explain. sort of a volume swell but this is more natural. barely pluck the string and it vibrates and builds up into a huge rumbling assault of grimness. but that's only one aspect of the fretless bass. the whole sound is just very different and refreshing.

i was talking about slides/climbs.

Shred-Dimebag · Post by **Shred-Dimebag** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:45 pm

never seen one but i guess its like this..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m460LW56yZ8& ... ed&search=